Season
1981
Race
9. British Grand Prix
1981 British Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 52.0786, -1.01694
- Altitude
- 153 m
- Race number
- 351
R
18/07/1981 00:00 · Europe/London · 68 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Watson | McLaren | 5 | +4 | 68 | 1:26:54.800 | 9 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 9 | +7 | 68 | 1:27:35.450 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | +11 | 67 | — | 4 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 23 | +19 | 67 | — | 3 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 5 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 13 | +8 | 67 | — | 2 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 6 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 21 | +15 | 67 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Derek Daly | March | 17 | +10 | 66 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 20 | +12 | 65 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1 | -8 | 64 | — | 0 | Distributor | — | |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 10 | = | 64 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 11 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 24 | +13 | 61 | — | 0 | Out of fuel | — | |
| 12 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 11 | -1 | 59 | — | 0 | Throttle | — | |
| 13 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 14 | +1 | 56 | — | 0 | Suspension | — | |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 22 | +8 | 25 | — | 0 | Disqualified | — | |
| 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 2 | -13 | 17 | — | 0 | Distributor | — | |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 15 | -1 | 15 | — | 0 | Clutch | — | |
| 17 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 4 | -13 | 13 | — | 0 | Turbo | — | |
| 18 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 3 | -15 | 11 | — | 0 | Tyre | — | |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 12 | -7 | 5 | — | 0 | Transmission | — | |
| 20 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | -12 | 4 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 21 | Alan Jones | Williams | 7 | -14 | 3 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 6 | -16 | 3 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 19 | -4 | 1 | — | 0 | Clutch | — | |
| 24 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 18 | -6 | 8 | — | 0 | Spun off | — |